The Life You Save May Be Your Own

My new job was a godsend financially, but at 40-something, my body was starting to rebel: I stare at a computer almost continuously, and my fingers are more muscular than the rest of me combined. Some days I only get out of my chair twice -- once to go to lunch and once to go home. As soon as I spotted it, I recognized that this program is SUCH a life-saver -- and I mean that literally! What I like best is that it is so much easier to talk myself into 3 minutes of exercise than half an hour. Instead of ending the day feeling twice my age and heading for the couch for another bout of sitting, I'm starting to reach the end of my work-day day feeling roughly my age, willing (and able) to run errands or do a bit of housecleaning. I even find myself getting up during TV time to do a few of the quick exercises during commercials, and believe me, I'm the most (pleasantly) surprised person in the room when that happens!